Music, like grammar, is descriptive rather than prescriptive. That
doesn't make it less relevant.
David
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 21:36, Leonard Williams <[1]arc...@verizon.net>
wrote:
I have often wondered if the rules of music, like many of
those for
Italian grammar, came after the fact, based on common usage that
sounds
good.
Leonard
-----Original Message-----
From: Tristan von Neumann <[2]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>
To: lutelist Net <[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thu, Jul 26, 2018 2:44 pm
Subject: [LUTE] Re: chord names
Musicians and Music Theorists are rarely one and the same person
:)
It is not necessary to name or classify anything while making
music -
Music Theory is mostly after the fact.
Theory is taught, but novelties appear regardless - see
Monteverdi and
Artusi.
Am 26.07.2018 um 19:11 schrieb Leonard Williams:
> How would musicians like Dowland or Johnson have named their
> chords? Were they thinking in chord progressions, modalities,
> incidental chords arising in polyphonic cadences? I guess this
is a
> question of music theory evolution.
> Leonard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leonard Williams <[1][4]arc...@verizon.net>
> To: lute <[2][5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 25, 2018 8:54 am
> Subject: [LUTE] chord names
> As chordal music (as opposed to polyphonic) became more
prevalent,
> and many modes became history, how were chords named? G maj, A
min,
> ...? Tonic, dominant, etc? When did this start?
> Just curious.
> Regards,
> Leonard Williams
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